The Midnight Library

Edit: after realizing I've only given three books one star this year, I am demoting this piece of trash to where it belongs.


This book isn't a one star because it did make me think about things and ponder life a bit. But most of what I pondered was how much I disagreed with this book, so...

Yeah I would have had to actually cared about this boring, on the nose, bad messaging book in order to have a well thought out process as to why I find it borderline offensive. The idea that people with depression and suicidal thoughts should just think about how good their lives actually are should probably merit it a one star on its own. It's like Haig read a one sentence summary of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and went, “oh, you can cure depression WITH THOUGHTS? Got it”. That's just not how it works, and it comes delicately close to victim blaming. It passively upsets me that this book is so popular, because that's means the masses are eating this idea up, and while that's not Haig's fault, it does depress me. Maybe I should just think about good my life actually is and get over it, though.